† mammonetn.

Forms: 1600s mammonet, 1700s mamomet.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mammonetus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mammonetus a kind of simian, perhaps a baboon or macaque (c1255 in Albertus Magnus) < mammon monkey (perhaps < the use of mammon Mammon n. as the name of a devil: for the association of monkeys with devils compare e.g. ape n. 6, devil n. 2c, and satyr n. 2) + -etus -et suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch mamonet a kind of monkey (1287), Italian mammone ‘a kind of Cat of the mountaine’ (Florio, 1611), ‘a marmoset, a monkey, a cat of the mountain, or a wild cat’ (Baretti, 1760), now specifically a macaque.

Obsolete.

A kind of monkey (not identified).

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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 7 Mammonets are lesse then an Ape,..hauing a long and hairy taile.

1751 E. Tyson Orang-outang (ed. 2) 7 Our Country-man sent Gesner a description of a Mamomet or Marmoset he had observed, which Gesner thinks might be a sort of Capus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mammonet
释义	† mammonetn. Forms: 1600s mammonet, 1700s mamomet. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mammonetus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mammonetus a kind of simian, perhaps a baboon or macaque (c1255 in Albertus Magnus) < mammon monkey (perhaps < the use of mammon Mammon n. as the name of a devil: for the association of monkeys with devils compare e.g. ape n. 6, devil n. 2c, and satyr n. 2) + -etus -et suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch mamonet a kind of monkey (1287), Italian mammone ‘a kind of Cat of the mountaine’ (Florio, 1611), ‘a marmoset, a monkey, a cat of the mountain, or a wild cat’ (Baretti, 1760), now specifically a macaque. Obsolete. A kind of monkey (not identified). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > unspecified type of martinc1400 mammonet1607 macaque1698 zambo1851 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 7 Mammonets are lesse then an Ape,..hauing a long and hairy taile. 1751 E. Tyson Orang-outang (ed. 2) 7 Our Country-man sent Gesner a description of a Mamomet or Marmoset he had observed, which Gesner thinks might be a sort of Capus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1607
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